Casto Canyon ATV Ride

Jerry and I decided that rather than sit around on his days off that we needed to do something. I had heard about this ATv ride over seven years ago. We had passed the turnoff several times but never gone there. So this past Friday, we decided to take a ride. A new adventure for us. Everything I had read said that the roads were well-marked. They had signs, however they had been shot up. We invited a few of Jerry's family members but only Lawrence and Taylor were able to go with us. We meet up with them at 9:30 a.m. that morning outside of Panguitch.
Of course, I had to have my senior moment. We stopped in Junction, so that I could purchase a bag of ice. I just sat it in the back of the truck. When we got to Panguitch, I went to put the ice in our cooler and no cooler. I had left it home on the freezer with our water, drinks, and lunch. So we stopped in Panguitch and picked up a styrofoam cooler, bought drinks and snacks. We unloaded our bikes and headed out. It was so fun. It was such a beautiful drive. We had all kinds of terrains. Our trip was around 40 miles long and took us around five hours. We stopped several times to check out the scenery.



These mountains were amazing. Who would ever have thought that mountains like this existed outside of Bryce Canyon.

This area is called Limekiln Canyon. There is limestone everywhere and it looks green. This area was very hot and very few places for shade.

The beginning of the trail, Casto Canyon Trailhead.

Peterson Point. It was an amazing view.

Casto Canyon. There are hoodoos (the red rock formations) for the first 7 miles. I loved this area the best. I thought we would come back this way, so I didn't take very many pictures.
As it so happened, the trail looped a different way.
My advice to those wanting to take this trip. Be sure to have a well-labeled map. The Casto Canyon trail connects with Fremont ATV trail, so you could have gone for miles on the wrong road. I got a kick out of Lawrence, everytime we stopped he would say, "Well, let's go for 4 or 5 miles and see what happens." It was definitely fun to have Lawrence and Taylor with us while we were temporarily displaced. We had a lot of fun and looking to find another trail to take an adventure on this summer.
Next time, we will have the sunscreen with us. I'm still feeling the heat from that adventure.